Vienna  -  A severely abused 42-year-old woman was held prisoner in a basement in eastern Austria by her father for 24 years, reports said on Sunday.

Vienna - Two weeks after Austria's lower house of parliament approved the EU Reform Treaty, the upper house, or Laenderkammer, also approved the treaty which aims to streamline EU decision-making o

Vienna - The price for crudes produced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) continued its climb and was hovering just below the 110-dollar mark, OPEC said on Wednesday.

One barrel of crude oil from OPEC's reference basket stood at yet another record high of 109.92 dollars on Tuesday, up 99 cents from the previous day.

Hopes for OPEC to increase production in the near future were dashed as OPEC Secretary General Abdalla Salem el-Badri ruled out an extraordinary meeting until the next regular meeting, scheduled for September.

Vienna  -  Rescue teams were searching for possible victims on Tuesday after an avalanche buried a

Ankara  -  Austrian Foreign Minister Ursala Plassnik on Monday pledged to keep open European Union membership negotiations with Turkey, but stressed that Austria's position was that the result of t

Vienna  - The Austrian-based internet betting company bwin reported on Thursday a turnaround for the 2007 business year, with net profits of 50.4 million euros (79.8 million dollars), after losses